Wake up, media! This is not the good old days.

Two must-reads (and one please-read) to illuminate this critical moment

Last week, I found myself interviewing Dahlia Lithwick, the outstanding legal commentator and journalist, for my American Crisis podcast — on the very day that Donald Trump surrendered in Georgia. That provocative interview will land next week in your email. Right now, I want to share three recent articles that give crucial perspective on the shaky state of American democracy.

The U.S. media is covering campaigns, including the debate performance of Vivek Ramaswamy, as if nothing much had changed / Getty Images